2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV

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2024 IIHF World Championship
Division IV

Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–19 April
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	79 (13.17 per game)
Attendance	996 (166 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ilia Drozdetskikh (17 points)
Website	IIHF
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The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ^[1]

The tournament was played in Kuwait City, Kuwait, between 16 and 19 April 2024. ^[2]

Mongolia finished first and was promoted. ^[3]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Malaysia	Placed 6th in Division III B in 2023 and was relegated.
Mongolia	Placed 2nd in Division IV in 2023.
Kuwait	Host, placed 3rd in Division IV in 2023.
Indonesia	Placed 4th in Division IV in 2023.

Match officials

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[4]

Referees	Linesmen
Ryan Cairns Mats Wikstrand Kang Tae-woo	Marco Tomasello Chua Jien Yang Benjamin Huang Ahmed Al-Farsi Abdallah Al-Hammadi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mongolia	3	3	0	0	0	28	7	+21	9	Promoted to the 2025 Division III B
2	Kuwait (H)	3	2	0	0	1	25	13	+12	6
3	Indonesia	3	0	1	0	2	17	23	−6	2
4	Malaysia	3	0	0	1	2	9	36	−27	1

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

16 April 2024 14:00

Mongolia

9–3 (2–0, 2–1, 5–2)

Indonesia

Kuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Bazarvaani Baatarkhuu	Goalies	Izzan Rais	Referee: Kang Tae-woo Linesmen: Abdallah Al-Hammadi Chua Jien Yang
	Batorovich (Nyamdavaa) – 09:53 1–0 Enkhsukh (Nyamdavaa, Batorovich) (PP) – 18:37 2–0 Batorovich (SH) – 21:43 3–0 Enkh-Amgalan (Munkhtulga) – 28:14 4–0 4–1 37:15 – Novendra Nyamdavaa (Batorovich) (PP) – 44:39 5–1 5–2 46:44 – Salomo (Siregar) Nyamdavaa (Munkhtulga) – 47:10 6–2 Namjil (Batorovich, Nyamdavaa) – 48:12 7–2 Tsengel (Mishigsuren) – 51:23 8–2 8–3 52:59 – Hafiz Gerelt (Tserenbaljir) – 55:05 9–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	4

16 April 2024 18:00

Malaysia

1–15 (1–6, 0–5, 0–4)

Kuwait

Kuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Muhammad Tengku Muhammad Haikal	Goalies	Adam Barvik	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Marco Tomasello
	0–1 00:08 – Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf) 0–2 05:13 – Ziđarević (Al-Sarraf) 0–3 07:32 – Al-Sarraf (Ziđarević, Drozdetskikh) 0–4 11:34 – Ziđarević (Al-Sarraf, Al-Awadhi) (SH) 0–5 13:46 – Al-Daei Versluis (Fadzli) – 15:53 1–5 1–6 18:25 – Ziđarević (Al-Khashan) 1–7 20:16 – Al-Sarraf (Drozdetskikh, Al-Awadhi) 1–8 21:01 – Drozdetskikh (Al-Awadhi, Al-Sarraf) 1–9 30:01 – Drozdetskikh 1–10 31:03 – Al-Awadhi (Al-Sarraf, Drozdetskikh) 1–11 38:22 – Al-Sarraf (Ziđarević) (SH) 1–12 47:14 – Drozdetskikh (Ziđarević, Al-Khashan) 1–13 54:44 – Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf) 1–14 58:53 – Al-Sarraf (Ziđarević) 1–15 58:59 – Ziđarević (Al-Sarraf)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	49

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18 April 2024 14:00

Indonesia

7–6 OT (2–3, 0–2, 4–1) (OT: 1–0)

Malaysia

Kuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Izzan Rais	Goalies	Muhammad Haikal	Referee: Mats Wikstrand Linesmen: Abdallah Al-Hammadi Benjamin Huang
	Siregar (Novendra, Hafiz) – 03:10 1–0 1–1 07:05 – Azra (Fadzli) Salomo (Wijaya, Praptasuganda) (PP) – 11:39 2–1 2–2 14:56 – Lim (SH) 2–3 18:05 – Haikal (Azra, Versluis) (PP) 2–4 25:40 – Versluis (PS) 2–5 33:03 – Versluis (Azra) Wijaya (Salomo) – 48:02 3–5 Praptasuganda (Kaykobad, Salomo) – 49:31 4–5 Salomo (Praptasuganda) – 52:21 5–5 5–6 56:18 – Lim Praptasuganda (Wijaya) (EA) – 58:37 6–6 Novendra – 61:10 7–6
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	15

18 April 2024 18:00

Mongolia

5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Kuwait

Kuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City Attendance: 260

Game reference
	Bazarvaani Baatarkhuu Baatarkhuu Sodbileg	Goalies	Adam Barvik	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Chua Jien Yang Marco Tomasello
	Gerelt – 01:43 1–0 Tsengel (Batorovich) – 05:26 2–0 2–1 07:23 – Al-Daei (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf) Gerelt (Munkhtuvshin) – 30:46 3–1 3–2 42:23 – Drozdetskikh (Al-Sarraf) Batorovich (PS) – 44:43 4–2 Mishigsuren (PP) – 47:32 5–2
	162 min	Penalties	194 min
	30	Shots	9

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19 April 2024 14:00

Malaysia

2–14 (1–7, 0–2, 1–5)

Mongolia

Kuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City Attendance: 76

Game reference
	Muhammad Haikal Muhammad Tengku	Goalies	Bazarvaani Baatarkhuu Baatarkhuu Sodbileg	Referee: Kang Tae-woo Linesmen: Benjamin Huang Marco Tomasello
	0–1 05:11 – Lkhagvadorj (Mishigsuren, Enkhsukh) Lim (Versluis, Mohammad) – 06:45 1–1 1–2 07:49 – Munkhtulga (Enkh-Amgalan) 1–3 08:36 – Batorovich 1–4 12:12 – Batorovich (Nyamdavaa) (PP) 1–5 18:00 – Ariunbileg 1–6 18:45 – Batorovich (Bilguun, Namjil) 1–7 19:38 – Munkhtuvshin (Shinebayar) 1–8 23:29 – Enkhsukh (Tserenbaljir) 1–9 29:16 – Lkhagvadorj 1–10 44:51 – Nyamdavaa 1–11 45:25 – Ariunbileg (Batorovich) 1–12 51:26 – Namjil (Batorovich, Tsengel) Raja (Versluis) (PP) – 52:16 2–12 2–13 58:09 – Tserenbaljir (Gerelt, Tsengel) 2–14 58:54 – Mishigsuren (Tsengel)
	8 min	Penalties	17 min
	9	Shots	26

19 April 2024 18:00

Kuwait

8–7 (2–3, 3–1, 3–3)

Indonesia

Kuwait Ice Skating Rink, Kuwait City Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Adam Barvik	Goalies	Izzan Rais	Referee: Mats Wikstrand Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Chua Jien Yang
	Drozdetskikh (Ziđarević) – 04:19 1–0 1–1 05:29 – Novendra (Siregar, Prijanto) 1–2 08:20 – Fadilla (Zea) 1–3 08:39 – Siregar (Novendra, Al-Qaeda) Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh) – 16:12 2–3 Drozdetskikh (Al-Sarraf) (PP) – 28:09 3–3 3–4 29:25 – Novendra (PP) Drozdetskikh (Ziđarević) (SH) – 30:34 4–4 Al-Sarraf (Al-Awadhi) – 32:30 5–4 5–5 41:23 – Salomo (Kaykobad) Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh) (PP) – 43:21 6–5 Ziđarević (Drozdetskikh, Al-Sarraf) (PP) – 47:16 7–5 7–6 51:24 – Siregar (Al-Qaeda) 7–7 51:33 – Salomo Al-Maragi (Drozdetskikh) – 54:22 8–7
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	28

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ilia Drozdetskikh	3	7	10	17	+13	8	F
Ali Al-Sarraf	3	5	11	16	+14	0	F
Bojan Ziđarević	3	9	6	15	+15	8	F
Batu Batorovich	3	6	6	12	+7	0	F
Lucas Salomo	3	5	2	7	+2	0	F
Urtnasan Nyamdavaa	3	3	4	7	+9	25	D
Abraham Novendra	3	4	2	6	+3	0	F
Deen Versluis	3	3	3	6	–10	4	F
Kenneth Siregar	3	3	2	5	0	0	F
Undarmaa Tsengel	3	2	3	5	+9	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Adam Barvik	180:00	13	4.33	74	82.43	0
Izzan Rais	18:13	23	7.66	72	68.06	0
Muhammad Haikal	141:10	25	10.63	72	65.28	0
Bazarvaani Baatarkhuu	127:19	6	2.83	13	53.85	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [5]
Goaltender	Adam Barvik
Defenceman	Batu Batorovich
Forward	Bojan Ziđarević

References

1. "And 2027 goes to …". IIHF. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
2. "Recap: 2023 IIHF – Semi-Annual Congress". iihf.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
3. "Mongolia strikes gold in Kuwait". iihf.com. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
4. "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
5. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IV" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 19 April 2024.

External links

• Official website